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Getty And Tick Fires' Devastation In SoCal In 15 Images

See photos of the twin blazes that have scorched thousands of acres and forced widespread evacuations around Los Angeles County.

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Firefighters walk on top of a burned-down canyon caused by the Getty fire on Mandeville Canyon on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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A firefighter watches a flames approach the Mandeville Canyon neighborhood during the Getty fire on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Christian Monterrosa)
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Firefighters try to save a home on Tigertail Road from the Getty fire on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Christian Monterrosa)
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A man walks past a burning home during the Getty fire on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ Christian Monterrosa)
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A firefighter gets in position to hose down flames as a home burns in the Getty fire area along Tigertail Road on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Firefighters hose down flames as a home burns in the Getty fire area along Tigertail Road on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Firefighters try to hose down flames as homes burn in the Getty fire area along Tigertail Road on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Hand crews work a wildfire-damaged hillside as the Getty fire burns on Mandeville Canyon on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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A helicopter drops water as the Getty fire burns on Mandeville Canyon on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Firefighters watch as the Getty fire burns around them on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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A firefighter hoses down a smoldering home destroyed by the Getty fire on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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The Getty fire burns on Mandeville Canyon on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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A plane drops fire retardant to prevent the Getty fire from spreading further on Monday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Christian Monterrosa)
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Evacuees from the Tick Fire sit on cots inside the gym at West Ranch High School on Friday in Santa Clarita, California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
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Mary Lewis, bottom, talks to a fellow evacuee from a brush fire dubbed Tick Fire at a shelter in the West Ranch High School gym on Friday in Santa Clarita, California. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA — The Tick Fire, burning since Thursday in Los Angeles County, has been joined by the Getty Fire, which forced thousands of home evacuations after breaking out early Monday.

Click through the photos above to see 15 images of the devastation wrought by the blazes in Los Angeles County.

SEE ALSO: Tick Fire's Devastation In Canyon Country In 20 Images

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